I had a thought for a Metamagic feat, and I'd like some imput on whether it would be worthwhile or not.
Align Spell has one of two effects--
A) Swaps out the alignment descriptors (EG: A Good or Chaotic version of Dictum)
or
B) Adds an alignment descriptor to the end of a spell (EG: Making Magic Missile into an Evocation [force, evil] effect)Would this be worthwhile at all? Should I bother working out the kinks and implementing it in my game, or should I just leave it as a weird little idea? Furthermore, how heavily should this modify the spell level, if at all?
Aren't Holy Word and Word of Chaos the good and chaotic version of Dictum (and Blasphemy the evil version)?
Also, I have mixed feelings about metamagic feat that allow 1 spell to recreate the effects of another (for example, an Energy Substitution feat that allow a Fireball[i/] to become an [i]Acid Ball (since few creatures have acid resistance) or a Cold Ball (thus invalidating higher level spells like Cone of Cold).
I'm not sure if that would invalidate many spells however, and since magic damage bypasses a creature's DR, there's isn't much need to make it good aligned or lawful aligned etc.
I may be missing the point thought, did you have a particular use in mind?
'findel